I heard of potluck dinners before. I always thought it was some metropolitan trend I would never be a part of. Until I came across a potluck dinner in Fishtown through Everyblock.com. So I walked nervously down Norrist St. with my tupperware container full of potato pancakes. Hoping I would make new friends in the neighborhood through an old family recipe, I was confident as I knocked on the door. I was greeted warmly as my gaze immediately fell upon a young man standing in the kitchen. I had to look twice to make sure I was seeing correctly, but he was elbow deep inside of a turkey. "We take Phillies celebration seriously around here," said Tom as he grabbed a handful of stuffing. "Besides, every day is a good day to have a Thanksgiving dinner."At first I was bewildered that a group of twenty year olds were capable of cooking a Thanksgiving style dinner. But I soon found out the reason why. Of the four occupants in the house, none of them were Pennsylvania residents. Two were from upstate New York and the other two from Virginia. The idea behind these dinners is to invite as many starving students over as possible, and give them a home cooked meal. Tom said the thing he misses most about home is his mother's cooking. "Everybody gets some real food and we all drink and laugh and have a good time," said Tom.
By Jenn Matusiak and Melanie Menkevich
Group 09 - Fishtown
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